Antonio Innocenti
Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy (1986–91) | |
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Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University Pontifical Lateran University Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy |
Motto | Lucet spero fide |
Styles of Antonio Innocenti | |
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His Eminence | |
Spoken style | Your Eminence |
Informal style | Cardinal |
See | Aeclanum (titular see) |
Antonio Innocenti (23 August 1915 – 6 September 2008) was an
Biography
He was born at Poppi, Italy. Ordained in 1938 at Florence, Innocenti was studied at the Diocesan Seminary of Fiesole, the Pontifical Gregorian University where he received a doctorate in 1941, the Pontifical Lateran University, where he received a licentiate in dogmatic theology in 1950, and the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, where he studied diplomacy.[1] He served as a priest in northern Italy for the decade following his ordination. His work helping Jews led to his arrest and almost being shot by a firing squad; he was released at the last minute. He was then called to Rome by Pope Pius XII and settled on a career in the Curia. He served for most of the 1950s and 1960s in the Papal Nunciature in Switzerland, where, as he saw it, the major problems were "an opulent society, religious assistance to immigrants and relations with Christian of other denominations".
On 15 December 1967,
In 1985,
By 1999 he had retired to Piazza della Citta Leonina.
References
- ^ Miranda, Salvatore (2014). "Biographical Directory: Innocenti, Antonio". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXVIII. 1986. p. 210. Retrieved 31 August 2019.